St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-29
BLAINE,S PLANS.

MI. BLAlNE'S political metn0dS may hot
be marked by the same brilliancy and orig
lnaiity that they once We're, still it is
evident that he has not lost any of the
faculty OF imitation. He has watched
SHERMAN's march through the South with
a marked degree of interest, and now he
proposes to profit by it. He is preparing a
campaign of his own and will start out
with flourish of trumpets and pomp of
parade that will give SHERAIAN'S boomlet
a very sickly appearance. The grand pro-
ceSsion is to be under the management of a
Southern Republican,, and Mr.. BLAINE is
to be accompanied by gentleman whose
CheSterfedian manners are to be relied on
to ingratiate him into the affections of the
people of section where courtly airs and
| chivalrous conduct are supposed to be the
objects of perpetual admiration. WILLIAM
WAITER PHELPS. the New Jersey states
man who parts his hair in the middle and
wears his eyes glasses a la Anglaise,
is the gentleman whom Mr.. BLAINE
has selected for his travelling COM
panion. Mr.. PHELPS will hold
the station of groom of the first floor
chamber at the principal hotels where the
mountebank combination will stop, and will
also act as general introducer to the public
and. when necessary, will perform the
duties of bill poster. The great summer
travelling combination will be under the
direct management of one III. CHESTER
PARSONS, a prominent Republican poll
tican in Virginia. who demonstrated his
devotion to BLAINE by separating from
MAHoNE when, several years ago, that
noted guerilla leader put himself under the
immediate patronage of Roscoe CoNKLING.
Mr.. PARSONS was in New York the other
day interviewing the railroad officials for
the purpose OF arranging for free ride
over the railroads of the country. Unless
the interstate commerce commission rules
that the clause prohibiting free transporta-
ton does not apply to presidential candidates.
Mr.. BLAINE will probably be compelled to
abandon his proposed invasion of the South
Mr.. BLAINE, as he himself asserts. is not
professional deadhead. still he is not man
to risk his hard-earned wealth in venture
some enterprises He doesn't object to max
ing public exhibition of himself, but he likes
for somebody else to foot the bills. And it
is possible that he had this contingency in
view when he roped Mr.. PHELPS into the
scheme. PHELPS has plenty of money
which was inherited. and. as is usually the
case with men who get wealth without
laboring for it, he is generous with his
friends. Besides this trait of generosity.
PHELPS is ambitious to become secretary
of state some day, and if by showing
BLAINE over the country he could secure
the darling object of his ambition he
wouldn't mind the expense of special
train to wheel the combination around over
the country. The proposed route of the
expedition, as outlined by Manager PAR
SONS. is to take in the Southern states first
for the purpose of sowing tares in JOHN
SHERMAN'S wheat crop. When that is
accomplished the AINE-PHELPs-PAR-
SONS combination will strike for the Pacific
slope, where a grand anti Chinese matinee
performance is to be given. Then the
West and Northwest will be played, and
the swinging around the circle will be COM
pleted with grand finale in either New
York or Boston. 1t will be the biggest
mounteback engagement of the century,
but Mr.. BLAINE will belle his reputation,H
he doesn't play it successfully.